Brian Swingle's Books

The Lincoln Highway

By: Brian Butko

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The Lincoln Highway

By: Brian Butko

Fully revised and updated edition. Filled with all-new vintage postcards and photos. Maps for travelers following the original route.

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Stackpole Books

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0811724972

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9780811724975

School Consultation

Conceptual and Empirical Bases of Practice

By: William P. Erchul,Brian K. Martens

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School Consultation

Conceptual and Empirical Bases of Practice

By: William P. Erchul,Brian K. Martens

This volume offers a systematic approach to school consultation that differs from those that have been published previously. The authors combine the most useful and/or empirically validated principles from mental health and behavioral consultation with practices shown to be effective in contemporary consultation research (i.e. behavior analysis, social influence, and implementation support). This second edition also includes expanded coverage on a wide range of topics.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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030647641X

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9780306476419

Diners of Pennsylvania

By: Brian Butko,Kevin Patrick,Kyle R. Weaver,Jacqueline Breuil

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Diners of Pennsylvania

By: Brian Butko,Kevin Patrick,Kyle R. Weaver,Jacqueline Breuil

Revised and updated edition of the best-selling first edition (978-0-8117-2878-2).

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Stackpole Books

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0811744167

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9780811744164

A Swag of Memories

Australian bush stories

By: Brian Taylor

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A Swag of Memories

Australian bush stories

By: Brian Taylor

A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a swag of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along the dusty plains and beside the dry creek beds under the endless southern sky. In A SWAG OF MEMORIES Brian Taylor shares with us these stories, of the people he has met, the places he has been and the moments, long-gone, that define the traditions of the Australian bush. Like those bush poets and storytellers of days past, Taylor brings to life the characters and the creatures of the bush: men like Dangerous Dan Smith, a hard, self-reliant man who had a gentler talent; Father Peter, a parish priest and occasional hero; Charlie Gibson, an Aboriginal stockman who knew the land better than anyone; and Banjo, the ever-alert dingo watchdog. These colourful and evocative bush tales delightfully capture a slight of Australian life that many of us will never get to see. Luckily, with this collection, you can sit back with a billy of tea and read all about it.

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Hachette Australia

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0733626076

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9780733626074

Adrenaline

By: Brian B. Hoffman

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Adrenaline

By: Brian B. Hoffman

Inducing highs of excitement, anger, and terror, adrenaline fuels the extremes of human experience. A rush empowers superhuman feats in emergencies. Risk-taking junkies seek to replicate this feeling in dangerous recreations. And a surge may literally scare us to death. Adrenaline brings us up to speed on the fascinating molecule that drives some of our most potent experiences. Adrenaline was discovered in 1894 and quickly made its way out of the lab into clinics around the world. In this engrossing account, Brian Hoffman examines adrenaline in all its capacities, from a vital regulator of physiological functions to the subject of Nobel Prize–winning breakthroughs. Because its biochemical pathways are prototypical, adrenaline has had widespread application in hormone research leading to the development of powerful new drugs. Hoffman introduces the scientists to whom we owe our understanding, tracing the paths of their discoveries and aspirations and allowing us to appreciate the crucial role adrenaline has played in pushing modern medicine forward. Hoffman also investigates the vivid, at times lurid, place adrenaline occupies in the popular imagination, where accounts of its life-giving and lethal properties often leave the realm of fact. Famous as the catalyst of the “fight or flight” response, adrenaline has also received forensic attention as a perfect poison, untraceable in the bloodstream—and rumors persist of its power to revive the dead. True to the spirit of its topic, Adrenaline is a stimulating journey that reveals the truth behind adrenaline’s scientific importance and enduring popular appeal.

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Harvard University Press

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0674074734

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9780674074736

Pseudoscience

A Critical Encyclopedia

By: Brian Regal

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Pseudoscience

A Critical Encyclopedia

By: Brian Regal

More than just a collection of factual entries, this rich resource explores the difference between scientific and pseudoscientific pursuits in a way that spurs readers to ask questions and formulate answers. What makes science science? How do we tell which assertions, beliefs, and methods are scientifically sound, and which are not? Brian Regal's authoritative, entertaining new reference, Pseudoscience: A Critical Encyclopedia gets at the heart of these questions by helping readers understand how the scientific method works, how to critically analyze all kinds of "evidence," and how to sort through long-running myths and current pseudoscience controversies. Ranging from the dawn of history to the present and across world cultures, Pseudoscience uses a field of endless fascination as a means of driving home the importance of solid scientific reasoning. The encyclopedia spans the full spectrum of scientific and nonscientific pursuits, from chemistry, biology, psychology, and medicine to eugenics, religion, cryptozoology, the occult, and paranormal activities. Specific entries focus on general concepts of science, the lives of individuals, and claims of abilities. Throughout, these entries go beyond simply stating facts by constantly engaging readers in a discussion about the very nature of true scientific discovery.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313355088

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9780313355080

The Brumby Mare

By: Brian Taylor

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The Brumby Mare

By: Brian Taylor

The Brumby Mare is an engaging collection of reminiscences about traditional Queensland stockmen and bush workers in the 1950s and 1960s, before the days of motorbikes and helicopters. Brian Taylor knows and loves his country and his stories ring with the authority of experience. Some of the incidents he describes are laugh-aloud funny, some heart-stopping and some very moving. He is a close, thoughtful and warm-hearted observer – of people, of wild and working animals and of the country that sustains them. The Brumby Mare is sure to evoke nostalgia in bush folk and for city readers it will bring the old world of the outback and stockman to life. A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a lifetime of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along dusty plains and beside dry creek beds under the endless southern sky. Also available, together with The Moonlight Stallion, as the single volume A Swag Of Memories: Australian Bush Stories.

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Hachette Australia

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0733626831

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9780733626838

Union Pacific Railroad

By: Brian Solomon

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Union Pacific Railroad

By: Brian Solomon

History and description of the Union Pacific Railroad.

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1610605594

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9781610605595

The Moonlight Stallion

And other yarns from the Australian outback

By: Brian Taylor

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The Moonlight Stallion

And other yarns from the Australian outback

By: Brian Taylor

This book of bush tales vividly evokes an era now gone, when people struggled in isolation to tame the land and when camaraderie and mateship were everything. Young Brian Taylor was a ringer on Queensland cattle stations some fifty-five years ago. He worked on huge properties where the big mobs used to run and many of the people he met there had a larger-than-life quality. There was Dangerous Dan Smith, a hard, self-reliant man who wrote bush poetry; Father Peter, a gentle parish priest and occasional hero; and Charlie Gibson, an aboriginal stockman utterly at home in his own country. And then there was the landscape ? the plains and rivers and mountains ? that shaped the lives of them all. The Moonlight Stallion is Brian Taylor's second collection of reminiscences about a vanishing way of life in outback Australia ? about people, wild and working animals, and country. Readers of The Brumby Mare have been clamouring for more and new readers, whether from the bush or the city, will be moved to laughter and to tears by these heartfelt stories. A quintessential Australian bushman, Brian Taylor has spent most of his life on the land. Working as a drover, a stockman, a fencer, a shearer and a saddler, he has gathered a lifetime of stories over the years as he travelled way out past the Barcoo, along dusty plains and beside dry creek beds under the endless southern sky. Also available, together with The Brumby Mare, as the single volume A Swag Of Memories: Australian Bush Stories.

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Hachette Australia

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073362684X

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9780733626845

To Waters' End

Book Four of GammaLAW

By: Brian Daley

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To Waters' End

Book Four of GammaLAW

By: Brian Daley

The GammaLAW mission to Aquamarine races against time to end the war with the destructive Roke, searching the depths of the planet's sentient ocean to find the key to destroying the evil aliens

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Lucia St. Clair Robson

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0345422112

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9780345422118

Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 25: Rhinosinusitis

By: Brian H May,Wenmin Lin

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 25: Rhinosinusitis

By: Brian H May,Wenmin Lin

This 25th volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series provides a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management of rhinosinusitis (sinusitis) using integrative Chinese medicine.Beginning with an overview of how rhinosinusitis is conceptualised and managed in conventional medicine (Chapter 1), the authors summarise the management of rhinosinusitis in contemporary Chinese medicine (Chapter 2) based on clinical guidelines and contemporary books. The third chapter provides detailed analyses of how rhinosinusitis was treated with herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras based on the classical Chinese literature.The subsequent chapters comprehensively review the current state of the clinical evidence for the integrative application of Chinese herbal medicines (Chapter 5), acupuncture therapies (Chapter 7), other Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 8) and combination Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 9), as well as analyse and evaluate the results of these studies from an evidence-based medicine perspective. In Chapter 6, the authors review and summarise experimental evidence for the bioactivity of commonly used Chinese herbs and their constituent compounds. The outcomes of these analyses are summarised and discussed in Chapter 10. Implications for clinical practice and future research are identified.This book provides valuable information for clinicians and students in integrative medicine and Chinese medicine regarding contemporary practice and the current evidence base for Chinese medicine therapies for managing rhinosinusitis, in order to assist clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in patient care. It also provides researchers with a comprehensive survey of the state of the field that can inform future directions for clinical and experimental studies.

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World Scientific

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9811250790

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9789811250798

Baldwin Locomotives

By: Brian Solomon

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Baldwin Locomotives

By: Brian Solomon

Philadelphia-based Baldwin began designing and building steam locomotives in the 1830s and gave the U.S. many of its most significant and famous types of steam, and diesel-electric motive power. This history of Baldwin is illustrated with a large selection of rare, superb builder's photos and other publicity images from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, with the book's large page size showcasing the detail and crisp quality of the images in this outstanding collection. Author Brian Solomon provides technical histories of each locomotive along with builder's specifications and explanations of how the locomotives were used by the railroads that bought them. These carefully researched histories are keys to understanding the significance of the locomotives and how they worked, and are presented in a manner that makes the book accessible to everyone, while retaining sufficient technical detail to appeal to the most ardent railroad enthusiast.

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Voyageur Press

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1610601033

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9781610601030

Harry Somers

By: Brian Cherney

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Harry Somers

By: Brian Cherney

Harry Somers is one of Canada's leading composers, and one of the most original. In the 1950s he experimented with contrapuntal writing, serialism, and style juxtaposition; in more recent years he has been concerned with the development of new vocal resources and improvisation. Harry Somers, a detailed study of the composer and his works, has been commissioned by the Canadian Music Centre as the first of a series, each volume of which will cover in depth the career and works of a major Canadian composer. Within the framework provided by major biographical events, Brian Cherney traces Somers' development as a composer from 1939 to 1973 by analysing works from various stages in his career. He discusses in particular the influences on Somers of Bartók, Debussy, and Weinzweig, the interrelationships between his works, and his stylistic traits and compositional techniques. A chronological list of Somers' works is included, and, because of its importance, an entire chapter is devoted to the opera Louis Riel. In view of the scarcity of in-depth critical literature on Canadian composers, this thorough and objective book will be of interest to music students, professional musicians, composers, and the general music public, both in Canada and abroad.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442654627

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9781442654624

Abortion

The Ultimate Exploitation of Women

By: Brian Fisher

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Abortion

The Ultimate Exploitation of Women

By: Brian Fisher

The author of Deliver Us from Abortion presents a five-point plan for men to put an end to abortion in America for women, men, and family. Do men have a stake in the abortion debate? Modern culture says no but author Brian Fisher shows why men are very much an interested party. Men led the campaign to legalize abortion—harming and exploiting women in the process. Now, he says, men must lead the effort to end the exploitation by ending abortion. And he presents a plan to do so. This revised and expanded second edition presents a more complete picture of how men target and exploit women globally, how this oppression is deeply connected to abortion, and how men can be, are, and should be a part of the solution.

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BrownBooks.ORM

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1612549543

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9781612549545

Brutal

Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals

By: Brian Luke

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Brutal

Manhood and the Exploitation of Animals

By: Brian Luke

Explores the gender divide over our treatment of animals, exposing the central role of masculinity in systems of animal exploitation [including hunting]. Luke develops a new theory of how exploitative institutions do not work to promote human flourishing but instead merely act as support for a particular construction of manhood. [from publisher description].

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University of Illinois Press

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0252074246

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9780252074240

Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 17: Colorectal Cancer

By: Brian H May,Yihong Liu

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Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine - Volume 17: Colorectal Cancer

By: Brian H May,Yihong Liu

This seventeenth volume of the Evidence-based Clinical Chinese Medicine series aims to provide a multi-faceted 'whole evidence' analysis of the management of Colorectal Cancer in integrative Chinese medicine.Beginning with overviews of how colorectal cancer is conceptualised and managed in both conventional medicine and contemporary Chinese medicine, the authors then provide detailed analyses of how colorectal cancer and related disorders were treated with herbal medicine and acupuncture in past eras.In the subsequent chapters, the authors comprehensively review the current state of the clinical trial evidence for Chinese herbal medicines (Chapter 5), acupuncture (Chapter 7), other Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 8) and combination Chinese medicine therapies (Chapter 9) in the management of colorectal cancer, as well as analyse and evaluate the results of these studies from an evidence-based medicine perspective. Chapter 6 provides a review and a summary of the experimental evidence for the bioactivity of commonly used Chinese herbs. The outcomes of these analyses are summarised and discussed in Chapter 10 which identifies implications for the clinical practice of Chinese medicine and for future research.This book can inform clinicians and students in the fields of integrative medicine and Chinese medicine regarding contemporary practice and the current evidence-base for a range of Chinese medicine therapies used in the management of colorectal cancer, including herbal formulas and acupuncture treatments, in order to assist clinicians in making evidence-based decisions in patient care.The following features mark the importance of this book in the field:

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World Scientific

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9811214204

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9789811214202

Roadside Giants

By: Brian Butko,Sarah Butko

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Roadside Giants

By: Brian Butko,Sarah Butko

From Lucy, the colossal elephant-shaped building on the Jersey Shore, to the grand donut atop Randy's in Los Angeles, this full-color guide profiles the commercial giants that loom over America's highways. Created to sell products and promote tourism in a big way, they can be found all over the United States. The authors have traveled far and wide to bring readers the world's largest duck in Long Island, an enormous Amish couple in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, and towering Paul Bunyans all over the Midwest. There are buildings shaped like hot dogs, ice cream cones, and baskets, as well as the roadside phenomena known as "Muffler Men," giants who originally advertised mufflers but now have been converted to cowboys, Indians, spacemen, and pirates. Big fun!

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Stackpole Books

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0811745481

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9780811745482

Death Sentence

By: Brian Garfield

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Death Sentence

By: Brian Garfield

In this sequel to Death Wish, now a major motion picture starring Bruce Willis, vigilante Paul Benjamin continues his killing spree. Paul Benjamin was an ordinary New Yorker until a gang of drug addicts killed his wife and raped his daughter. When the police proved helpless, Benjamin bought a gun and sought vengeance, methodically tracking down the addicts and killing them. On his first night, after having moved to Chicago, he stumbles out of a bar in a bad part of town, pretending to be drunk. When two thugs set upon him, they find their quarry sober and armed. He kills them both, beginning a new cycle of violence. Written by the Edgar Award–winning author as “penance” for the glamorization of violence in the successful 1974 film adaptation starring Charles Bronson, this sequel shows the self-destructive consequences of taking the law into one’s own hands.

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Open Road Media

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1453244476

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9781453244470

Country Roads: How Country Came to Nashville

By: Brian Hinton

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Country Roads: How Country Came to Nashville

By: Brian Hinton

Hinton's latest book takes readers on an enthralling journey to explain the diverse music that has come to be known as country, starting with Celtic myth and mystery, traveling to the Appalachian mountains, and taking a few unexpected turns along the way with such disparate personalities as Bob Dylan, Hank Williams, and Elvis Presley.

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Bobcat Books

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0857128442

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9780857128447

The Biology of Grasslands

By: Brian Wilsey

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The Biology of Grasslands

By: Brian Wilsey

This accessible text provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to the biology of global grasslands. Grasslands are vast in their extent, with native and non-native grasslands now covering approximately 50% of the global terrestrial environment. They are also of vital importance to humans, providing essential ecosystem services and some of the most important areas for the production of food and fibre worldwide. It has been estimated that 60% of calories consumed by humans originate from grasses, and most grain consumed is produced in areas that were formerly grasslands or wetlands. Grasslands are also important because they are used to raise forage for livestock, represent a source of biofuels, sequester vast amounts of carbon, provide urban green-space, and hold vast amounts of biodiversity. Intact grasslands contain an incredibly fascinating set of plants, animals, and microbes that have interested several generations of biologists, generating pivotal studies to important theoretical questions in ecology. As with other titles in the Biology of Habitats Series, the emphasis is on the organisms that dominate this environment although restoration, conservation, and experimental aspects are also considered.

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Oxford University Press

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0191061948

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9780191061943

North American Locomotives

A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory

By: Brian Solomon

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North American Locomotives

A Railroad-by-Railroad Photohistory

By: Brian Solomon

Spanning more than one and a half centuries, this treasure trove examines the steam, diesel, and electric locomotives that have have kept North American commerce on the rails since the middle of the nineteenth centuty. Prolific rail author Brian Solomon takes an encyclopedic approach and describes every major type. And because locomotive-building has long been a made-to-order business, the book is arranged alphabetically by railroads from across the United States and Canada to show the variant technologies that railroads ordered to best suit their specific needs, whether for freight or passenger operations.The 75-plus railroads covered range from the best known historical lines such as Canadian Pacific, Santa Fe, Union Pacific, and Baltimore & Ohio, to todayâ€™s giant Class I roads, commuter lines, and selected short lines. The result is a profusely illustrated and beautifully presented reference guide that features more than 400 locomotive gems from throughout the ages, including historic machines such as New York Centralâ€™s J3a Hudsons, Pennsylvania Railroadâ€™s GG1 electrics, and EMDâ€™s classic E- and F-Units, to todayâ€™s most powerful modern diesels. All the major buildersâ€”past and presentâ€”are represented, including such heavyweights as Baldwin, Alco, Lima, EMD, GE, and more.

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Voyageur Press

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1610586859

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9781610586856

Greetings from the Lincoln Highway

A Road Trip Celebration of America's First Coast-to-Coast Highway

By: Brian Butko

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Greetings from the Lincoln Highway

A Road Trip Celebration of America's First Coast-to-Coast Highway

By: Brian Butko

The Lincoln Highway was the first continuous road to connect the coasts, allowing newly motorized Americans to cross the country by car. This book allows readers to travel across 100 years of the highway, from New York City to San Francisco, with stops at historic landmarks, bridges, taverns, movie palaces, diners, gas stations, ice cream stands, tourist cabins, and roadside attractions. Color maps and stories of the highway take readers through 14 states, with excerpts from memoirs and old postcards giving a feel for what early motoring was like--the good, the bad, and the muddy. The book is organized by state, with narrative information on what the original Lincoln Highway crossed through. There are historical tidbits and nostalgic details, along with information on what remains. This book is a useful treasure for travel planning and armchair reading.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493041681

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9781493041688

American Diesel Locomotives

By: Brian Solomon

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American Diesel Locomotives

By: Brian Solomon

Introduced in the 1930s, efficient and adaptable diesel locomotives had all but displaced steam locomotives by 1960. This colorful photographic history examines the development, implementation, and operation of diesel locomotives from the gleaming pioneer Zephyrs of the '30s through today's 8000-horsepower beasts. In the course of examining the dawn and preeminence of diesel power, the author offers a glimpse of America's major railways -- both freight and passenger -- in stunning modern and period color photography. Manufacturers like EMD, Alco and GE are included. The final chapter describes the operation and maintenance of modern diesel locomotives, and an appendix lists where rail fans can see restored examples of early diesels today.

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1610606051

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9781610606059

Child Abuse

An Evidence Base for Confident Practice

By: Brian Corby,David Shemmings,David Wilkins

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Child Abuse

An Evidence Base for Confident Practice

By: Brian Corby,David Shemmings,David Wilkins

This book is an accessible knowledge base for the whole area of child abuse and child protection, now fully updated in terms of policy, cases and research.

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McGraw-Hill Education (UK)

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0335245102

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9780335245109

Elements Unlimited - Volume A

By: Brian Swingle

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Elements Unlimited - Volume A

By: Brian Swingle

Book 1 in a series of 20 books about life on a farm and although you would think the farm life was boring a lot more goes on in the mind then one might usually recognize

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Lulu.com

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1300565527

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9781300565529

The Broken Country

Book Four of GammaLAW

By: Brian Daley

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The Broken Country

Book Four of GammaLAW

By: Brian Daley

As hostile natives and traitors within the Periapt forces threaten offworlders on Aquamarine, a secret cyber-personality, buried deep within one man's mind, could provide the key to communicating with a mysterious, sentient water-entity that controls the planet. Original.

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Lucia St. Clair Robson

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0345422104

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9780345422101

I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate , and Hate to Love

By: Brian Boone

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I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It)

Extremely Important Stuff About the Songs and Bands You Love, Hate, Love to Hate , and Hate to Love

By: Brian Boone

Music breeds duality. We enjoy the music we love-listening to it, talking about it, reading about it. But it's just as fun to passionately revel in mocking the music we hate. Fortunately, musicians make this two-lane path very easy to follow. Half the time they're creating timeless works of art that speak to the soul; the other half, they're recording ridiculous concept albums about robots. I Love Rock 'n' Roll (Except When I Hate It) covers both sides: It celebrates the music world's flashes of genius, the creation of masterpieces, and the little-known stories...as well as the entertainingly bad ideas. Armed with a healthy dose of Brian Boone's humorous asides and lively commentary, you'll learn extremely important stuff like: ? How bands got their stupid names ? All alternative rock bands directly descend from Pixies ? The most metal facts of metal in the history of metal ? The secret lives of one-hit wonders ? The story behind "Layla," and other assorted love songs about George Harrison's wife ? What is quite possibly the worst song in rock history Boone also reveals terribly useful information like chart trivia, the rules of music, lists, and many more origins, meanings, and stories about everyone's most loved and loathed musicians.

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Penguin

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110151731X

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9781101517314

The Cinema of John Boorman

By: Brian Hoyle

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The Cinema of John Boorman

By: Brian Hoyle

This book offers a critical study of the writer and director's feature films as well as lesser-known works for television.

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0810883953

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The Trees of Sonora, Mexico

By: Tucson Richard Stephen Felger Executive Director Drylands Institute, AZ,University of Arizona Matthew Brian Johnson Program Manager and Curator Desert Legume Program,Tucson Michael Francis Wilson Research Director Drylands Institute, AZ

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The Trees of Sonora, Mexico

The definitive treatment of the trees and tree-like plants of Sonora, a remarkably diverse and biologically important region, ranging from some of the driest and hottest areas in North America to cool, temperate woodlands and the northernmost tropical regions in the New World. The majority of the trees in this semi-arid region are at their northern limits in the Americas in this state and many range to South America. Thus, this book will be important to biologists in regions well outside of the area covered. Felger is the recognized expert in the area, and the book contains an enormous body of information nowhere else obtainable. The introductory chapter contains biotic and climatic information and an analysis of the geographical distributions of the trees of a state that is poorly known biologically. Two hundred eighty-five species of native and naturalized trees are covered, featuring extensive identification keys and illustrations, most of them newly produced for this book. The descriptive species accounts include common names, indigenous names, and synonyms, detailed botanical descriptions, ecological and geographic data, geographic ranges, natural history, economic uses, and, in many cases, other information such as horticultural uses and conservation status.

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0199761272

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Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory

By: Lawrence L. Kupper,Brian. H Neelon,Sean M. O'Brien

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Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory

By: Lawrence L. Kupper,Brian. H Neelon,Sean M. O'Brien

Exercises and Solutions in Statistical Theory helps students and scientists obtain an in-depth understanding of statistical theory by working on and reviewing solutions to interesting and challenging exercises of practical importance. Unlike similar books, this text incorporates many exercises that apply to real-world settings and provides much more thorough solutions. The exercises and selected detailed solutions cover from basic probability theory through to the theory of statistical inference. Many of the exercises deal with important, real-life scenarios in areas such as medicine, epidemiology, actuarial science, social science, engineering, physics, chemistry, biology, environmental health, and sports. Several exercises illustrate the utility of study design strategies, sampling from finite populations, maximum likelihood, asymptotic theory, latent class analysis, conditional inference, regression analysis, generalized linear models, Bayesian analysis, and other statistical topics. The book also contains references to published books and articles that offer more information about the statistical concepts. Designed as a supplement for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses, this text is a valuable source of classroom examples, homework problems, and examination questions. It is also useful for scientists interested in enhancing or refreshing their theoretical statistical skills. The book improves readers’ comprehension of the principles of statistical theory and helps them see how the principles can be used in practice. By mastering the theoretical statistical strategies necessary to solve the exercises, readers will be prepared to successfully study even higher-level statistical theory.

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CRC Press

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0415661951

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9780415661959

Communicating at Work

Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions

By: Ronald Brian Adler,Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst

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Communicating at Work

Principles and Practices for Business and the Professions

By: Ronald Brian Adler,Jeanne Marquardt Elmhorst

The leading text in business communication, "Communicating at Work" takes a pragmatic approach that features a strong multicultural focus, a heavy emphasis on effective presentations, and a pedagogical program that is designed to encourage group activities and skill building. That, plus clear writing and effective use of tables, make the text an excellent teaching tool.

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0072880252

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